Opera, a leading global browser and AI agent company, today announced its upcoming browser-AI upgrades to its free browser portfolio that will complement its premium Opera Neon AI browser for advanced users.
Opera is a browser expert with more than 30 years of experience in building superior products actively chosen by hundreds of millions of monthly active users. Over the past years, Opera has combined accelerating revenue growth and healthy profitability, with rapidly expanding browser AI capabilities at no charge to its users.
Since the launch of Aria in May 2023, Opera browser users have had access to Opera’s free AI assistant. Aria is powered by OpenAI’s GPT models and Google’s Gemini models directly inside Opera One, Opera GX, Opera Air, Opera browsers on Android and iOS, as well as in Opera Mini.
Over the next weeks, Opera will be launching new versions of its flagship browsers with an upgraded free browser AI, which will bring faster models, better browser integration, higher usage limits as well as access to open source local models.
This week, Opera started shipping its new, premium offering: the new Opera Neon browser. While Aria offers everyday AI support to hundreds of millions of Opera users, Opera Neon is built around agentic AI, which allows AI power-users to move beyond basic AI capabilities and use Opera Neon to work on complex projects with them. This means users can now delegate certain tasks to the browser. The Tasks feature allows them to work on multiple projects in parallel, with the AI agents operating within the context of each task. Opera Neon navigates the web on its users’ behalf – checking multiple sites, filling out forms, as well as helping with research and automation of repetitive tasks. The new agentic Opera Neon browser is now rolling out to the large number of people who joined the waitlist.
“Our users already have access to free AI built directly into their browsers. That AI is about to get a powerful upgrade. Should they need more advanced capabilities like agentic browsing and task delegation, the premium Opera Neon product offers them a seamless upgrade path. With years of browser expertise and proven monetization methods, we can sustainably deliver both free AI for hundreds of millions of users as well as premium agentic experiences for power users,” said Krystian Kolondra, EVP Browsers.
Opera’s two-tier approach ensures that every user can access AI in the way that fits them best: everyday AI built into Opera’s free browsers, and the Opera Neon browser for those who want a premium AI-powered browsing experience.
